SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT EXAM 2015 SOLVED PAPER

SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT  EXAM

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1.Simplify 2 ½-3 2/3 +1 5/6=

A=1/3

 B=2/3

C=1/4

D=1/6

Ans:B

2.The sum of ages of Sita and Reena is 32.Age of Reena is 3 times the age of Sita.Age of Reena is:

A=8

B=26

C=4

D=24

Ans:D

3.Find the odd one in the group:

27,35,47,52,63

A=35

B=52

C=47

D=63

Ans:C

4.The perimeter of a square is 40 cm.Find the area:

A=10 cm2

B=400 cm2

C=100 cm2

D=160 cm2

Ans:C
5.The L.C.M of two numbers is 2079 and their H.C.F.is 27.If one of the number is 189,find the other:

A=299

B=197

C=295

D=297

Ans:D

6.A can do a piece of work in 6 days and B can do in 4 days.How long will they take if both work together?

A=5/12

B=2 2/5

C=1 ½

D=None of these

Ans:B

7.30% of a number is 120.Which is the number?

A=300

B=400

C=500

D=450

Ans:B

8.Simplify 0.25+0.036+0.0075:

A=0.2935

B=0.02935

C=0.00136

D=0.0136

Ans:A

9.Simplify 0.2*0.2+0.01*0.01 (ALL DIVIDED BY) 0.401

A=1.0

B=0.01

C=0.1

D=0.001

Ans:C

10.The sum of two numbers is 44 and they are in the ratio 5:6.

Find the numbers:

A=(20,24)

B=(21,23)

C=(18,26)

D=(14,30)

Ans:A

11.In the following question the  mathematical number follow according to a pattern.Discover that pattern and then pick up the missing number from the answer choices:

2,5,9,19,37,?

A=75

B=85

C=87

D=47

Ans:A

12.If the 11^th day of a month having 31 days is a Saturday.Which of the following days will occur five times in that month?

A.Monday

B.Saturday

C.Sunday

D.Thursday

Ans:D

13.In the question below three words are given.They are followed by four  words one of which stands for the class to which these three words belong.Identify that word:Barbarous,Crude,Rude

A.Unrefined

B.Gentlemanly

C.Rude

D.Cultured

Ans:A

14.Read the statements carefully and answer the question which follow:

A cube has six sides each of a different colour.The red side is opposite black.The green side is between red and black.The blue side is adjacent to white .The brown side is adjacent to blue.The red side is face down.The side opposite brown is:

A=Red

B=Black

C=White

D=Green

Ans:C

15.In the following question there is a question mark in the blank space and it is only one of the five alternatives given under the question which satisfies the same relationship as is found between the two words to the left of the sign”::”given in the question.Find the correct alternative in the question:

ABDUCT:CDABUT::ABODE:?

A=BDAOE

B=EOABD

C=AOEBD

D=DBAOE

Ans:B,D

16.In the following groups one does not belong to that group.Find the odd ma:

Chariot,Bus,Wagon,Car,Sleigh

A.Wagon

B.Chariot

C.Sleigh

D.Car

Ans:C

17.Arrange the following words in the alphabetic order:

1)Approximation

2)Appropriation

3)Appurtenance

4)Apportionment

A.1,2,3,4

B.4,3,2,1

C.4,2,1,3

D.4,1,2,3

Ans:C

18.Find out the best explanation for the following statement from the answer choices:

Grapes are cheaper than apples.I do not have money to buy two kilograms of grapes.Therefore:

A.I cannot buy two kilograms of grapes

B.I can buy one kilograms of grapes

C.I cannot buy one kilogram of grapes and one kilogram of apples

D.I can by two  kilograms of apples

Ans:B

19.In a secret way of writing COME  AT ONCE FATHER VERY ILL is written as XLNV ZG LMXY UYGSVI EVIB ROO.Bearing this in mind  pick up the code from the answer choices for the word given below:

FIT AND WELL

A.URG ZMV DEOO

B.UG ZNV DEOO

C.URG ZMV DVOO

D.URG ZNV DVOO

Ans:C

20.A person was going towards south,then turns left then left again,then right.After that he turned about.In which direction is he now?

A.North

B.South

C.East

D.West

Ans:D

21.Which of the following units is usually used to denote the intensity of pollution?

A.Milligrams

B.Nanograms

C.Parts per million

D.Kilogram

Ans:C

22.Nitrogen fixing bacteria lives in the root tumours of pea-plants is called:

A.Rhizome

B.Rhizobium

C.E.coli

D.Streptococcus

Ans:B

23.Which of the following  chemicals is used in fire extinguishers?

A.Sodium bicarbonate

B.Sodium nitrate

C.Pottasium bicarbonate

D.Sodium Chloride

Ans:A

24.Which phenomenon of light is behind the rainbow?

A.Diffraction

B.Scattering

C.Reflection

D.Radiation

Ans:C

25.Which is the hardest material ever known in the universe?

A.Platinum

B.Graphite

C.Diamond

D.Marble

Ans:C

26.Which instrument regulates the resistance or current in a circuit?

A.Volta Cell

B.Rheostat

C.Generator

D.Sonometre

Ans:B

27.The Scientist who formulated the “Germ theory of disease” is:

A.Louis Pasteur

B.Lamarck

C.Hugo Devries

D.Griger Mendel

Ans:A

28.In  which  atmospheric level ozone gas is seen?

A.Mesophere

B.Lithosphere

C.Stratosphere

D.Ionosphere

Ans:C

29.Which is the relay centre in our brain?

A.Pituitary gland

B.Thalamus

C.Spinal cord

D.Meninges

Ans:B

30.Methane gas is invented by the scientist:

A.Alexandro Volta

B.Alexander Fleming

C.John Dalton

D.Thomas Alwa Edison

Ans:A

31.On which day’Mangalyan

 Was launched from Sriharikota?

A.5,November 2012

B.5 November 2013

C.24 January 2014

D.24 September 2014

Ans:B

32.Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

A.H.S.Brahma

B.V.S.Sambath

C.S.Y.Quraishi

D.Navin Chawla

Ans:Nasim Zaidi

33.Headquarters of KILA is at:

A.Kozhikode

B.Kottayam

C.Thrissur

D.Ernakulam

Ans:C

34.The final match of FIFA World Cup 2014 was between:

A.Germany and Argentina

B.Argentina and Brazil

C.Germany and Neitherland

D.Germany and Brazil

Ans:A

35.What is the full form of ‘NITI’ in NITI Aayog?

A.National Integration and Transforming India

B.National Institution for Transforming India

C.National Institution for Transporting India

D.National Institute for Technology of India

Ans:B

36.Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014?

A.Alice Munro

B.Herta Muller

C.Patrick Modiano

D.Mo Yan

Ans:C

37.Who is the new President of Sri Lanka?

A.Mahindra Rajapaksa

B.Chandrika Kumaratunga

C.Ranil Wickremasinghe

D.Maithripala Sirisena

Ans:D

38.In which year ‘Bharat Ratna’,the highest civilian award in India was instituted?

A.1952

B.1954

C.1956

D.1964

Ans:B

39.Who is the present Governor of Kerala?

A.P.Sadasivam

B.R.L.Bhatia

C.Nikhil Kumar

D.Sheela Dikshit

Ans:A

40.Which work of Subhash Chandra won Kendra Sahitya Academy Award 2014?

A.Ghatikarangal Nilayakunna Samayam

B.Bloody Mary

C.Parudeesa Nashtam

D.Manushyanu Oru Aamukham

Ans:D

41.The famous Champaran Satyagraha was started by Gandhiji in the year:

A.1916

B.1917

C.1919

D.1920

Ans:B

42.Which education reform was considered as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English Education in India?

A.Charter Act 1813

B.Hunter Commission

C.Wood’s Despatch

D.Indian University Act

Ans:C

43.Who was considered as the father of Indian Local Self Government?

A.Lord Mayo

B.Lord Curzon

C.Lord Lytton

D.Lord Rippon

Ans:D

44.In which year Rash Bihari Bose organized  the Indian Independence League at Bangkok?

A.1938

B.1940

C.1942

D.1944

Ans:C

45.Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

A.Aravalli

B.Western Ghats

C.Eastern Ghats

D.Himalayas

Ans:A

46.Which river was considered as sacred by the Vedic Aryans?

A.Sindhu

B.Ganga

C.Saraswathi

D.Brahmaputra

Ans:C

47.Who wrote the famous book ‘poverty and Un-British Rule in India?

A.R.P.Dutt

B.Dadabhai Naoroji

C.M.G.Ranade

D.Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Ans:B

48.What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswathi?

A.Kesab Chandra Sen

B.Narendranath Dutta

C.Mulshankar

D.Mohan Roy

Ans:C

49.Who among the following English men described the 1857 Revolt was a “National Rising”?

A.T.R.Holmes

B.James  Mill

C.Benjamin Disraeli

D.Sir James Outram

Ans:C

50.Who was the Chief Organiser of the ‘Ghadar Movement’?

A.Lala Hardayal

B.Mahatma Gandhi

C.Lala Lajapat Rai

D.Lal Chand Falak

Ans:A

51.The famous work ‘Mokshapradeepam’was written by:

A.Dr.Palpu

B.Kumaranasan

C.V.T.Bhattathirippad

D.Brahmananda Sivayogi

Ans:D

52.Where was the famous news paper “Swadeshbhimani” started by Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi?

A.Kannur

B.Cochin

C.Anchutengu

D.Attingal

Ans:C

53.Nair Service Society was formed in the year:

A.1911

B.1914

C.1917

D.1918

Ans:B

54.Who founded ‘Advita Ashram’ at Aluva in 1913?

A.Chattambi Swami

B.Ayya  Vaikundar

C.Thycaud Ayya

D.Sri Narayana Guru

Ans:D

55.The famous Tirunelli temple lies in the valley of:

A.Ezhimala

B.Brahmagiri

C.Puralimala

D.Malayattoor

Ans:B

56.Which if the following river was called as’Churni’in ancient times?

A.Bharatapuzha

B.Pampa

C.Chaliar

D.Periyar

Ans:D

57.Which of the work contains the earliest reference to the town of Quilon?

A.Topographia Indika Christiana

B.Periplus of Erythrean Sea

C.Tao-i-Chilio

D.Si-Yu-Ki

Ans:A

58.Who was the leader of the first agricultural labourers stike in Kerala demanding  the social and economic issues ?

A.A.K.Gopalan

B.P.Krishna Pillai

C.Ems Namboodripad

D.Ayyankali

Ans:D

59.What was  the original name of Vagbhatananda?

A.Kunhiraman

B.Kunhikannan

C.Kunhunni

D.Kumaran

Ans:B

60.Who started Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, a Dalit liberation movement in Kerala?

A.Poykayil Yohannan

B.Pandit Karuppan

C.Thycaud Ayya

D.Natraja Guru

Ans:A

61. What is the time limit within which an information is to be provided regarding the life and liberty of a person under the R.T.I.Act 2005?

A.30 days

B.24 hours

C.60 days

D.48 hours

Ans:D

62.The SC/ST(Prevention of Astrocities)Act 1989 enforced with effect from:

A.30 th January 1990

B.22^nd February 1991

C.30 th November 1990

D.30 th July 1990

Ans:A

63.Who wrote the book”A vindication of the rights of woman?

A.Frieden

B.Mary Wollstone Craft

C.Ginsburg

D.Casgrain

Ans:B

64.The Lokayuktha Act was first passed in:

A.Maharashtra

B.West Bengal

C.Karnataka

D.Tamil Nadu

Ans:A

65.Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the :

A.43^rd Amendment

B.45^th Amendment

C.44^th Amendment

D.42^nd Amendment

Ans:C

66.The chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by:

A.The President

B.The Chief Justice of the High  Court

C.The Chief Minister of the State

D.The Governor

Ans:D

67.Who act as the friend philosopher and guide of the Public Account Committee?

A.The Prime Minister

B.Comptroller and Auditor General

C.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

D.Attorney General

Ans:B

68.An order of court to produce a person suffering detention is called:

A.Mandamus

B.Certiorari

C.Habeas Corpus

D.Quo-Warranto

Ans:C

69.The concept of Directive Principles was borrowed from:

A.Irish Republic

B.Switzerland

C.Constitution of USA

D.Constitution of UK

Ans:A

70.’Sati-Self immolation of widows-was prohibited by law in Bengal in 1829 by the British Governor:

A.Sir John Shore

B.Warren Hastings

C.Wellesley

D.William Bentinck

Ans:D

71.Change the sentence into passive voice:”Manners reveal true character”

A.True character is revealed by manners.

B.Good manners reveal good character

C.True manner reveal character

D.It is manners that reveal character

Ans:A

72.Replace the underlined phrase with one word:” I did not expect such childish talk from a grow-up man”.

A.Tamper

B.Prattle

C.Ridicule

D.Stammer

Ans:B

73.Fill in the blanks with a suitable idiom:”The policemen came to my house and accused me of stealing a necklace but I told them that they were……….

A.Looking a gift horse in the mouth

B.blowing hot and cold

C.one for the road

D.Barking up the wrong tree

Ans:D

74.Fill in the blank space with a suitable  word:”The Global Positioning  System(GPS) help us to------------“

A.Navigate

B.Envelope

C.Nostalgia

D.Endeavour

Ans:A

75.Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:”Can I have ………..omelette and ------------apple with my tea?

A.a,an

B.a,a

C.an,an

D.an,a

Ans:C

76.Correct the following sentence:”No newses are good newses.”

A.No news is good news.

B.No newses are good  newses.

C.No newses is good newses.

D.No news are good news.

Ans:A

77.The Masculine gender od’Duck’is:

A.Duckling

B.Goose

C.Swan

D.Drake

Ans:D

78.Pick out the adjective from the following sentence:”Neha comes here every day”

A.Comes

B.Here

C.Every

D.Day

Ans:C

79.Fill in the suitable comparative form of the adjectives:”Have you heard the ------------news?

A.Late

B.later

C.Latest

D.Lated

Ans:C

80.Fill in the suitable prepositions:”My mother told me----never cry--------------

Spilt milk”

A.of,on

B.to,over

C.that,at

D.So,upon

Ans:B

81.The Target group under ICDS Scheme is:

A.Children of SC and ST

B.Children of below poverty line

C.Children in the age group 0-6 years

D.Children of Ex-Servicemen

Ans:C

82.Indira Awas Yogana is related to the construction of:

A.Rural Infrastructure

B.Urban Infrastructure

C.Rural Housing

D.Urban housing

Ans:C

83.Jawahar Rosgar Yojana was launched by:

A.Smt.Indira Gandi

B.Shri.Rajeev Gandhi

C.Shri Narasimha Rao

D.Dr.Manmohan Singh

Ans:B

84.The Antodaya Anna yojana was launched on:

A.December 25^th 2000

B.October 2^nd 2000

C.August 15^th 2000

D.January 26^th 2000

Ans:A

85.Which of the following is a non-government organization?

A.PMAGY

B.NRDP

C.NFFWP

D.Bharath Nirman

Ans:B

86.Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was introduced  with a view to improve the condition of the :

A.Urban slum dwellers

B.Rural dwellers

C.Forest dwellers

D.None of the above

Ans:A

87.PMRY is primarily to assist the:

A.Rural Youths

B.Employed  Youth

C.Urban Youth

D.Educated Unemployed Youth

Ans:D

88.Micro credit,entrepreneurship and empowerment are three important components of:

A.IRDP

B.NRDP

C.ICDS

D.Kudumbasree

Ans:D

89.Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana was dedicated to the nation by the prime minister:

A.Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

B.Shri.Rajeev Gandhi

C.Dr.Manmohan Singh

D.Shri.V.P.Singh

Ans:A

90.What is the full form of MSY?

A.Mahila Samskrithi Yojana

B.Mahila Samskara Yojana

C.Mahila Samyojak Yojana

D.Mahila Samridhi Yojana

Ans:D

91.Which virus is treated as the first computer virus?

A.Trojan horse

B.SCA virus

C.Creeper virus

D.Rabbit

Ans:C

92.Which of the first search engine in the Internet?

A.Google

B.Archie

C.Alta Vista

D.WAIS

Ans:B

93.When is World Computer Literacy Day celebrated?

A.January 22^nd

B.March 5^th

C.May 20^th

D.December 2^nd

Ans:D

94.Which one is the first fully supported 64-bit operating system?

A.Windows vista

B.Windows 7

C.Linux

D.Mac

Ans:C

95.What type of a software is an operation system?

A.Application software

B.System software

C.Embedded software

D.Personal Computer software

Ans:B

96.What is the full form of the first Electonic Computer ENIAC?

A.Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

B.Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator

C.Electrical Numerical Integrated Computer

D.Electro Numeric Integrity  Computer

Ans:Electronic Numerical Integrater and Calculator

97.The unauthorized reproduction in the computer crime is considered as:

A.Software Sabotage

B.Software piracy

C.Masquerading

D.Eavesdropping and spying

Ans:B

98.In IT Act 2000,which section deals with the punishment of cyber terrorism?

A.66(B)

B.67(B)

C.66(F)

D.45(F)

Ans:C

99.What is the process of loading the operating system files into dynamic random access memory
?

A.Formatting

B.Automatic data exchange

C.Data Sharing

D.Booting

Ans:D

100.Which technology is used in the processor of a computer to simulates a single processor into two virtual processors to the operating system?

A.Hyper threading technology

B.Multi core technology

C.Simulation technology

D.Multi threading technology

Ans:A